“We are looking forward to establishing a new TEXSAR chapter in the Galveston County area,” stated Greg Pyles, CEO of TEXSAR, “This team will play a critical role in supporting our agreements with both Galveston and Fort Bend Counties. These highly trained men and women will continue to help our partner agencies fill gaps in emergency services created by shrinking government funding.”

TEXSAR is an all-volunteer, first responder organization based in Austin that services Central Texas and is able to deploy throughout the entire State. They are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that expanded from a ground search and rescue team to a fully capable, multi-discipline search and rescue, swift water rescue, wild land fire, and disaster response team. All TEXSAR personnel are certified according to State and Federal standards and operated under the emergency management and National Incident Management System. “TEXSAR- Texans Helping Texans”.

As a non-profit organization, there is never a charge to the requesting agency for TEXSAR’s services.